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Re:Ancient Eastern European mega-sites: a social levelling c... by detourdog on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @08:42AM (#40366150)
Being fed is a pretty good incentive most people are fine with any role in the group if they are fed. The alternative was doing everything on one’s own.

I’m sure individuals had preferred roles. I think in this day and age describing them as labor may be more accurate than slave.

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Re:Ancient Eastern European mega-sites: a social levelling c... by qwytw on Thursday May 16, 2024 @02:52AM (#40375853)
Those dynamics are very very different when population densities are low and land is abundant. Without complex state/regional level hierarchies if you can just form a likeminded group in you community and move elsewhere chances that your local chieftain can't really do too much about it.
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